<p>so I'm applying as a Ross preferred admit, but unlike most people, I'm applying from the college of engineering instead of LSA just in case I don't get in. I have 2 questions about this:</p>
<p>1) Is it harder for people to get in from the engineering college, or is it basically the same as long as you have good stats/essays (34 on ACT, 1470 on M/CR combined)?</p>
<p>2) My school didn't offer any real business activites, no fbla or anything like that, and DECA was only offered to people in specific business courses which I was never able to take due to scheduling conflicts with university classes. Should I mention this, or is it really that important (the whole demonstrated business interest thing)?</p>
<p>If your credentials are good (over 3.8 UMich GPA and over 1400/32 SAT/ACT), your chances of admission into the CoE are similar to your chances of admission into LSA. You should be fine.</p>
<p>Although you have the numbers to be considered for Ross preadmit, you have to convince them that you really want to major in Business. If you haven't done any business-related activity, then your essays had better be great.</p>
<p>"If your credentials are good (over 3.8 UMich GPA and over 1400/32 SAT/ACT), your chances of admission into the CoE are similar to your chances of admission into LSA. You should be fine."</p>
<p>is over a 3.8 and over 32 really what it takes nowadays to get into the CoE?</p>
<p>i can see the 3.8 but 32 or higher?</p>
<p>I just made the 32 mark, but it was somewhat due to a 35 on science (not sure if that even matters)...</p>
<p>I am sure there are many applicants who get in with lower standardized test scores. I was referring to stats that would make Michigan a "safe" match.</p>
<p>well at the BBA website when it talks about stats of people getting in as seniors it says "only applicants who have been accepted in the college of engineering or college of liberal arts and sciences will be considered for the program," so I'm positive you can get in from engineering, I was just wondering how much harder it would be, if say, I reapplied as a freshman in college.</p>
<p>I don't see why it would be any harder to transfer to Ross from engin than from LSA. The only disadvantage I see is that you have to take harder classes as a first year engin student, which means a smaller chance of getting a high GPA. The only thing that really concerns me is the freshman English requirement...I still don't know if Engr 100 replaces English 124. Anyone know???</p>
<p>I think the only way to apply as a high school senior is to go through LS&A. You can apply to Engineering then apply to Ross the 2nd semester of your freshman year - but no pre-admit. This makes sense anyway because why would you take a space in the Engineering class only to switch to Business? </p>
<p>From the Ross website:</p>
<p>If accepted, the admitted student will become a “preferred admit.” This means that the student will be an LS&A student but is given a set of requirements to meet during their freshman year. If these requirements are successfully met, the student will automatically be transferred to the Ross School of Business at the end of their freshman year.</p>
<p>I called and checked. You can get in from the engineering college. And why would I do engineering? Just in case I didn't eventually get into Ross... from what I've heard four years in LS&A is supposed to be "a joke," quoted from someone I know who went there, but that's just one person.</p>
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I called and checked. You can get in from the engineering college.
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Just make sure I understand. You got confirmation from UG admissions that you can apply to the engineering school and also check the Ross preferred admit box?</p>
<p>I'm currently a Ross pre-admit freshman. I wrote my essay about leading a charitable cause and the skills and abilities I used to make this a success, and then noted how those same skills would help me achieve my dream of being a successful business executive. So, it's not necessary to have a major activity directly related to business.</p>
<p>You might also think about signing up for a University business class next semester to show your interest. The credit won't transfer to the business school, but it might show you have a strong interest in majoring in business. I took a couple of University business classes, but don't really know if this affected their decision.</p>
<p>Last year, the Ross acceptance rate was 16%. They expect the rate to be lower this year. I also know there were some people with an ACT above 32 and a high GPA who didn't get in. So, while I don't know everything Ross considers, the essay seems to be more important if you meet the stats bar (and I don't of anyone with an ACT under 30 who got in, but it's not like we go around comparing stats).</p>
<p>That's once of the things you will always have in schools that have top 5 Engineering programs and top 5 BBA programs...the belief that LSA is either a joke (Engineers think they are much more challenged) or just a waste of time (Ross BBAs think the only way to spend one's time is in the pusruit of making money)! LOL!!! Oh well, that friendly albeit true rivalry is yet another charm of attending a school like Michigan.</p>
<p>Sorry, I realized I came off as kind of rude in my last post... just want to clarify that I by no means think LS&A would be a joke, I don't even really know anything about it. But yeah, Alexandre, the person I'm talking about went to the Ross BBA and is now at Stanford B School, so she's obviously a pretty intelligent person, which is why I listened to what she said and applied for engineering instead. I think she just thought the classes were easy... I think she was just doing the pre-Ross route.</p>
<p>Anhydrosis2000: thanks a lot... I was planning on talking about my community service stuff as well, since I've done a lot of that, and also about being president/editor-in-cheif of 4 different things, so how those leadership skills would be applied. I guess that's as far as any business skills would really go in my case...</p>
<p>Also, I'm taking a 300-level microecon class next semester at a state university... do you think that would support my interest in business?</p>
<p>I just feel like you definitely need to show an interest in business...my background in high school was science/math, great for engineering (I got into Northwestern and Cornell for engineering, I think I probably would have had a great shot at Stanford or MIT or whatever, but my engin essays were sweet)</p>
<p>I applied to the b-school with a 33 and 4.0 and didn't get in. My essay was decent, but I had really had no business classes or anything in school. I really wish I would have been accepted...my grades right now probably aren't good enough to make me a competitive applicant.</p>
<p>so everyone keeps saying how it's so much harder to get into Ross from engineering because classes are harder and thus GPA would be lower, but does the admissions committee not take that into consideration when looking at your application?</p>